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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Dear Philippe, <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">There is a known limitation in Simulation Studio which does not allow to use a value inside a cycle to size another cycle.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">In other words, all variables defining sizes for cycles should be defined outside any cycles.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">We hope to lift this limitation in a future version of Simulation Studio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Werner keilholz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> trnsys-users-bounces@cae.wisc.edu [mailto:trnsys-users-bounces@cae.wisc.edu]
<b>De la part de</b> PAPILLON Philippe 211908<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> mardi 14 août 2012 09:08<br>
<b>À :</b> trnsys-users@cae.wisc.edu<br>
<b>Objet :</b> [TRNSYS-users] Bug in Proforma ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy">Dear users,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy">It seems there is a bug in Proforma calculation when there is cycle. Enclosed an example with a very simple tmf file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy">When you add this component to your tpf file and change the parameter setting, the first time it is OK. Then when changing the value of parameter
 that are connected to cycle, you get quickly in trouble.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy">Is it a bug? How can I solve this problem?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy">We are using TRNSYS 17.0019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy">Sunny regards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Philippe PAPILLON</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">BP 332 - 50, avenue du Lac Léman - 73377 Le Bourget du Lac  FRANCE</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;
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